Weekend Website Bootcamp

Designing Your About Page

35 minutes

Step 1: Open and Prepare Pages

  • Open your About page in a new tab and click “Edit with Elementor.”

  • Open your Home page in Elementor in another tab so you can copy sections.

Step 2: Copy Header Section from Homepage

  • On the Home page, right-click the top header section and select “Copy.”

  • On the About page, right-click and “Paste” the section.

  • Delete the image and button containers.

  • Drag the text block to the right side.

  • Remove the shape divider: Style > Shape Divider > Bottom > None.

  • Adjust padding: Advanced > Top: 180px, Bottom: 350px.

  • Justify text container: Layout > Justify Content > End.

  • Adjust margin on text block: Advanced > Unlink > Bottom: -17px.

Step 3: Add an Image Carousel

  • Add a new Flexbox container below the header.

  • Drag in the Image Carousel widget.

  • Add images (e.g., pizza, pasta).

  • Set Image Size to: Full.

  • Slides to Show: 3. Slides to Scroll: 1.

  • Navigation: None.

  • Autoplay: Yes. Speed: 3000ms.

  • Style > Vertical Align: Center.

  • Spacing > Custom: 80.

  • Adjust container margin: Advanced > Unlink > Top: -226px.

Step 4: Create Welcome Section

  • Add a new Flexbox container with direction set to Row.

  • Inside, add two containers.

  • Drag in a Heading block (H2): e.g., “Welcome to Pizza Town.”

  • Add a Text Editor block with business info or placeholder text.

  • Adjust top margin: Container > Advanced > Top: 40px.

Step 5: Add a Values Section with Icons

  • Copy the two-icon section from the Home page.

  • Paste into a new Flexbox container on the About page.

  • Add a new container beside it to make three columns.

  • Adjust width: Text Column = 50%, Icons = 25% each.

  • Add heading: “Our Pride and Joy.”

  • Add text: Prompt Service, Friendly Staff, Quality Products.

  • Copy subheading from Home for consistency.

  • Add a CTA button: “Get in Touch.”

  • Style it: Gradient (yellow to orange), White text, No border.

Step 6: Add Image Blocks

  • In each image container (25% width), set background images.

  • Style > Background > Classic > Upload Image.

  • Position: Center Center. Repeat: No Repeat. Size: Cover.

  • Style > Border Radius: 30px.

Step 7: Add Team Section

  • Add new Flexbox container with direction Down.

  • Drag in a Heading block: “We’ve got an entire team dedicated to supporting you.”

  • Center align. Adjust width (e.g., 70%). Margin top: 40px.

  • Add container for team grid. Set direction to Row Horizontal.

  • Inside it, add four containers.

  • For each:

    • Add a portrait image container.

    • Add Heading (H5): “John Doe”

    • Add Subtitle (H6): “Founder & CEO”

    • Add Text Editor with bio.

  • Font: Rubik for name and title.

  • Subtitle color: Yellow. Size: 18px.

  • Add a Spacer: 250px height.

  • Image containers: Border Radius: 30px.

  • Layout > Gaps: 10.

  • Duplicate team card 3 times.

Step 8: Add Bottom CTA (Let’s Chat)

  • Copy the Let’s Chat section from Home.

  • Paste into a new Flexbox container at the bottom of the About page.

  • Style the Gradient Background (Yellow to Orange).

  • Add Background Overlay: geometric pattern.

  • Padding: 60px. Border Radius: 30px.

  • Margin Top: 0px.

  • Text and Button Color: White.

  • Button Hover: White border, White text.

Step 9: Set Full Width for Image & CTA Sections

  • Select both containers.

  • Layout > Width: Full Width.

  • Advanced > Padding: Right: 40px, Left: 40px.

Step 10: Make Tablet & Mobile Responsive

Tablet:

  • Adjust padding, margins, font sizes, and alignments.

  • Stack columns vertically: Layout > Column Vertical.

  • Reduce image sizes and padding.

  • Adjust Team Grid to two columns.

Mobile:

  • Stack all columns vertically.

  • Set Full Width for images and containers.

  • Adjust Padding to at least 20px on sides.

  • Set Team images to 100% width, 200px height.

  • Adjust Spacers and Text widths.

  • Publish when finished.

Homework & Action Items

  • Open your site on a tablet, mobile phone, and a laptop browser window at half size. Note anything that looks off and adjust them.

  • Click on every button, link and menu item to make sure those are working properly.

  • Make sure no text is pressed up against the edge of the screen, and that there’s at least 20px of padding on the mobile sides.

  • Make sure you’re saving along the way!

Resources

You did great.

We can take it from here.

Thanks for purchasing the course and giving it a try! As a thank you, we’re offering you 20% off a 10-page website build. We’ll get it up for you within a week. Let’s chat about it!